[Q] When Froyo hits, will your root and everything with it be "restored"?

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BEFORE you judge me lol : I'm a new android user, and I've searched and read through the forum and FAQs alike.

Sorry if this is already answered. I've tried the search and read through the FAQs already but there's so much information my head will just explode from it.

Also I'm a fresh android user (just switched over from the iPhone, yay?). I was a very enthusiastic jailbreaker for the iPhone when I was still using that device. Hence my enthusiasm for all things "hackable" for the Android device as well.

All my blabbering aside, I'm just wondering this.

When the Froyo update hits the i9000, your root and everything with it(custom firmwares and stuff?) will be "broken" and be restore as the "stock" Froyo firmware/build right?

Am I even making sense to anyone?

for new firmware, you have to flash it, and so, everything will loss, storage in your internal and external SD will remain but all you app, mod, messages, call log, contact, etc will be lost

like you've partition your home PC with app data saved in C drive and all other documents in D drive, when you reinstall your OS, you wipe off your C and install it again and everything in D should remain (if you do it the right way )


correct me if i am wrong

We won't know for sure, but the way HTC handles Froyo updates, there is no data loss.

But to reply OP, yes, root will most probably be lost. But ability to flash custom firmware should still be available. Afterall, in the first place we don't even need root to flash custom firmwares in the first place, at least on the SGS.

Originally Posted by kenkiller

We won't know for sure, but the way HTC handles Froyo updates, there is no data loss.

But to reply OP, yes, root will most probably be lost. But ability to flash custom firmware should still be available. Afterall, in the first place we don't even need root to flash custom firmwares in the first place, at least on the SGS.

So this does mean that we will be able to get the froyo update through kies even though we are running rooted custom ROM?

alright thanks for the speedy reply and clarification. i have a lot of new terms i'll need to learn for the android now. lol.

sorry, OP, are you talking about an official Samsung firmware update using kies or the one using odin3?



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Originally Posted by nickporwal

So this does mean that we will be able to get the froyo update through kies even though we are running rooted custom ROM?

Most probably not. You might have to return to stock firmware to get any updates from Kies.

But what's the point? The Froyo firmware will be available in the Odin form certainly.

Originally Posted by chluk2425

sorry, OP, are you talking about an official Samsung firmware update using kies or the one using odin3?



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i think the stock official firmware update. i'm also afraid that flashing a new OS for my current 2.1 will screw up any local settings. i need to do more research about this whole flashing, rooting thing...

shall spare you guys my questions. lol.

ironic from my previous post, i'll just like to ask one simple question.

since i'm a totally new android user, i should just wait for the OFFICIAL Froyo for the SGSi9000, update it and wait for some modified version of the OS, and i'll flash it over for a speedier, more accessable phone?

(i've read the FAQ a thousand times lol.)

Originally Posted by Adevem

ironic from my previous post, i'll just like to ask one simple question.

since i'm a totally new android user, i should just wait for the OFFICIAL Froyo for the SGSi9000, update it and wait for some modified version of the OS, and i'll flash it over for a speedier, more accessable phone?

(i've read the FAQ a thousand times lol.)

the official one is somewhat released near September as i remember... so you have to wait till that time to do it.... i know nothing about flashing using Kies since I am a new user to android as well

but what i am thinking is: either you flash the current firmware (JP3, JP2, etc) using Odin3 or the official firmware using the Kies, the chance is if you brick your phone, samsung will also not responsible for it, so... unless you take your phone to the customer service, you are still risking